Using a drill chuck for a electrode holder is going to be a real PITA for you guys that build by the book! To burn out a broken tap or drill a hole in a...
Actually I have two of them set up to work. I am still tinkering with them though. The first one it did with my own Printed circuit board I made the second I...
In the real world of EDM most people just call the ELECTRODE a TRODE. as in this job/burn needs to be a 5 trode burn. cary ... PITA ... (I ... this)It ... ...
Funny you mentioned that Cary I am building a unit for my State Farm Insurance agent. The cost for the tank is $8.95 and the Stainless steel pump cost $19.95...
Using groundup graphite and super glue you can build just about any type of electrode you would like. Same thing with Copper and brass. Simply carve out the...
I'm interested. What sort of ratio do you need to maintain between the graphite and the glue to get proper conductivity? How does the presence of the acrylic...
Yeah, I have two 20 pound ABC extinguishers in the shop as I do some welding and cutting and light fabrication. If the fiberglass/ plastic tank is such a good...
Cary, I think you bring up a valid point. We are dealing with a flamable liquid. Of course there are many reasons why the fluid should not catch fire, but...
... and ... I've built the power supply and am now working on the servo head and tank. However, I do have to go back and "update" my power supply with Ben's ...
I'm not Cary.... I've been using edm's since the 70's and not counting a few burps (where the shape of the electrode holds a pocket of air that gets mixed with...
... fires? ... brian- ---- I cant' tell you exactly how many but quite a few in the years I ran EDM and I saw many, many more than I was involved in. Our ...
What I don't like about plastics is their tendency to absorb kerosene. As far as I know, fibreglas is not going to absorb hydrocarbons and, of course, neither...
Hi Dray, I was checking out the photo's as I like to do often to pick up ideas and stuff. I noticed on your board, I'm pretty sure you stuck the 12 volt...
Hi Ben, Before the update came out, I was thinking of increasing C-5 to a larger size that would still fit. Even after the update I still figured more...
One more thing I meant to mention is you need to add the heat sink to the servo driver IC. They also have a special tool to remove the IC without damaging it....
Americans also but the shipping is higher. I have 2 Barber Coleman motors that are surplus to my requirements, your for the cost of shipping. EYQE-73600-30-1...
Warning: This discussion contains "engineer speak" and may be confusing. ... Beware of overkill, sometimes what LOOKS like overkill can hurt performance. ... ...
Thanks David, I kind of thought that capacitor (C-8) might have had that type of function (transient noise comes to mind) , I forgot the proper terminology, I...
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